Picture an opera house on a show night, with one woman at the centre of it. She sings the main female part, her name is on the poster, and the whole evening is arranged around her voice: the lighting, the other singers, the time the curtain goes up. Everyone else adjusts to her. Hold that arrangement in mind and the second use follows on its own — someone who is not on any stage, but around whom everything is still expected to be arranged.
可以想成歌劇院演出的那個晚上，中間站著一個女人。主要的女角由她唱，海報上是她的名字，整晚的安排都繞著她的聲音走：燈怎麼打、別的歌手怎麼站、幕什麼時候開。其他人配合她。把這個「大家繞著她轉」的畫面記住，第二個用法就自己長出來了——一個不在任何舞台上的人，卻照樣要別人繞著他安排。
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The source entry gives the phrase as Italian prima donna, literally "first lady".
來源資料說明這個詞來自義大利文 prima donna，字面是「第一位女士」。這正好對上歌劇團裡的位置：女聲部的第一人。至於它怎麼變成罵人的話，下面是教學上的連結，不是來源資料給的歷史說法。
Wiktionary, "prima donna"
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